Birthday Wishes for a Mother

Warm

1. 1 Happy birthday. Thank you for the thousand things I did not notice at the time.
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2. 2 Happy birthday to the person who has never once let me down.
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3. 3 Another year of you holding all of us together. Happy birthday.
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4. 4 Happy birthday. I understand you far better now that I am doing your job.
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5. 5 You made a home that we all still come back to. Happy birthday.
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Specific rather than general

Thanking her for "everything" says less than thanking her for one thing.

1. 6 Thank you for the Sunday phone calls. I know you ring because I would not.
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2. 7 Thank you for coming to every single thing, including the terrible ones.
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3. 8 Thank you for never once telling me I had made the wrong decision, even when I had.
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Funny

1. 9 Happy birthday. I have not rung enough and I am sorry, and I will not improve.
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2. 10 Happy birthday to the woman who still corrects my grammar in text messages.
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3. 11 Happy birthday. Your grandchildren like you more than they like me. Fair enough.
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If she is far away, or you cannot visit

1. 12 Happy birthday. Wish I were there. Ring me when the cake is cut.
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2. 13 Happy birthday from too far away. I will be home soon.
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Short

1. 14 Happy birthday, Mum. I love you.
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2. 15 Best mum. Happy birthday.
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3. 16 Happy birthday. Thank you for all of it.
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